CHICAGO – Loyola Chicago men's basketball capped exhibition play with a 110-49 win over Calumet College Monday night. Six Ramblers scored at least 10 points, including
Guillaume Grotzinger who had a game-high 17 points.
How It Happened
The Ramblers came out of the gate on a 13-2 run in the first 4:15 of the game Monday.
Dayan Nessah and Grotzinger sparked the stretch with back-to-back dunks. Minutes later, the Ramblers poured in another 13 unanswered with three straight threes from
Xavier Amos,
Ryan Agarwal, and Grotzinger to push the lead to 22 by the 12:10 mark.
Loyola would get one more 11-0 run before the teams traded baskets for the remainder of the half. Agarwal would open and close the run with threes that put the Ramblers up by 28 with 7:34 to play. Loyola led by as much as 31 on a bucket from
Elias Rapieque, and they'd take a 54-30 edge into the break.
Seven minutes into the second half, the Ramblers pushed their lead to 37 with a 10-0 run capped by
Dayton Williams on the drive. Another six straight points eclipsed the 40-point mark on the lead, while 17 unanswered points over a five-minute scoreless stretch for Calumet upped Loyola's lead to 56 on a tip-in by Amos with 4:37 to go.
The Ramblers scored the final eight points of the game.
Nic Anderson and
Ryan Kreager closed out the action with back-to-back dunks, securing a 110-49 win.
Inside the Box Score
- Grotzinger led Loyola with 17 points on 6-of-7 from the field with one three. He added four rebounds, three assists, and two steals.
- Agarwal scored 16 with four threes. He grabbed six boards.
- Amos and Anderson had 13 points each, while Jeffrey and Rapieque had 11 and 10 points, respectively.
- Jeffrey notched a double-double with a game-high 10 boards. He also had a game-high eight assists.
- Jeffrey and Anderson tallied three steals each.
- Loyola forced 25 turnovers for 35 points.
- The Ramblers led in the paint (60-12), on the second chance (22-0), and on the fast break (30-9).
- Loyola won the rebounding battle, 58-32.
Up Next
The regular season tips off on Monday, Nov. 2 at 7 p.m. vs. The Citadel in Gentile Arena.
